What did William Congreve mean by: There are times when sense may be unseasonable, as well as truth. - William Congreve Playwright · England Copy
+ Every man plays the fool once in his live, but to marry is playing the fool all one’s life long. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Funny, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Marriage indeed may qualify the fury of his passion, but it very rarely mends a man’s manners. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, William Congreve, Passion, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow’s sun to thee may neve rise. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Delay, Procrastination, Wise, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Music alone with sudden charms can bind The wand’ring sense, and calm the troubled mind. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Calm, Charm, Mind, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ If happiness in self-content is placed, The wise are wretched, and fools only blessed. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, William Congreve, Blessed, Self, Wise, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Business, Kindness, Vices, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ No, I’m no enemy to learning; it hurts not me. Feraz Zeid, July 16, 2023December 12, 2023, William Congreve, Enemy, Hurt, It Hurts, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn’d. Feraz Zeid, September 11, 2023December 26, 2023, William Congreve, Chocolate, Mourning, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
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